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This might be good news for Linux-on-the-desktop (indirectly). People have said for years the thing needed most is app support for high-end workloads like gamin

This might be good news for Linux-on-the-desktop (indirectly). People have said for years the thing needed most is app support for high-end workloads like gaming and creative (think Adobe suite). I can't think of any use case beyond these, 90% of other stuff can be done in a web browser, and I'd say legacy software is the only exception. There's developer mindshare, but I'm not convinced there's much of a business case. I'd say the intersection of high-end Chromebooks and users who'd do gaming/video editing/etc.. on one, is asymptotically small.

hadsed 7y ago
What's the difference between a high end Chromebook and, say, a MacBook Air? The latter of which is used by some (though certainly not most) technical professionals.
- cameronbrown 7y ago
  macOS has the support and has had the support for decades for this stuff whereas there are very few high end Chromebooks (i.e. mostly Google Pixelbook) and none with high end software.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  macOS?
sneak 7y ago
Premiere/FCPX, After Effects, and Photoshop are not “legacy software” - but you covered those. There are also lots of CAD/CAM tools that do not, and likely will never, run in browser. I’d love a web-based version of IDA. We’re still a ways off; 90% there is still a half day of work each week that I simply can’t do on iOS/browser/ChromeOS. For that stuff I need a “real computer”, and will for the foreseeable future. It would be nice if iOS got a yellowbox, for example - running a desktop os x sandbox on my iPad Pro for the stuff that won’t ever switch would be really useful. ChromeOS adding Linux in a VM was a brilliant move.
- cameronbrown 7y ago
  CAD tools are a fair point, but those seem much more niche than video games and creative. I'd assume that industry uses high end workstations anyway, and not laptops? I'm definitely excited to see how this goes.
  - sneak 7y ago
    I truly don’t mean this as snark, but pretty much everyone who builds anything physical uses CAD. They are as “niche” as image editors, or compilers, which is to say: not at all. Pretty much every object in your current field of view was likely designed with CAD, unless you live in an old house or have vintage furniture.
- beat 7y ago
  I'm a power user in three different directions - audio recording (like making records), serious photo editing, and software development. I'm drifting hard toward getting an iPad Pro for audio and photo work, and a Chromebook for software development and general-purpose browsing.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  > I’d love a web-based version of IDA. Maybe someone can get Ghidra running on the web using one of those “Java on the web” shims?

hadsed 7y ago

What's the difference between a high end Chromebook and, say, a MacBook Air? The latter of which is used by some (though certainly not most) technical professionals.

cameronbrown 7y ago
macOS has the support and has had the support for decades for this stuff whereas there are very few high end Chromebooks (i.e. mostly Google Pixelbook) and none with high end software.
saagarjha 7y ago
macOS?

sneak 7y ago

Premiere/FCPX, After Effects, and Photoshop are not “legacy software” - but you covered those. There are also lots of CAD/CAM tools that do not, and likely will never, run in browser. I’d love a web-based version of IDA. We’re still a ways off; 90% there is still a half day of work each week that I simply can’t do on iOS/browser/ChromeOS. For that stuff I need a “real computer”, and will for the foreseeable future. It would be nice if iOS got a yellowbox, for example - running a desktop os x sandbox on my iPad Pro for the stuff that won’t ever switch would be really useful. ChromeOS adding Linux in a VM was a brilliant move.

cameronbrown 7y ago
CAD tools are a fair point, but those seem much more niche than video games and creative. I'd assume that industry uses high end workstations anyway, and not laptops? I'm definitely excited to see how this goes.
- sneak 7y ago
  I truly don’t mean this as snark, but pretty much everyone who builds anything physical uses CAD. They are as “niche” as image editors, or compilers, which is to say: not at all. Pretty much every object in your current field of view was likely designed with CAD, unless you live in an old house or have vintage furniture.
beat 7y ago
I'm a power user in three different directions - audio recording (like making records), serious photo editing, and software development. I'm drifting hard toward getting an iPad Pro for audio and photo work, and a Chromebook for software development and general-purpose browsing.
saagarjha 7y ago
> I’d love a web-based version of IDA. Maybe someone can get Ghidra running on the web using one of those “Java on the web” shims?